UNLV upset top-seeded and 24th-ranked BYU in the Mountain West Conference championship for the second straight season, routing the Cougars 76-61 Saturday night behind a flurry of great performances led by Wink Adams' 23-point show.

Luke Nevill made all the plays down the stretch despite playing with four fouls over the final 11 1/2 minutes and the Utah Utes put a crimp in New Mexico's NCAA plans with an 82-80 overtime victory over the Lobos in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals Thursday night.

UNLV answered TCU's record onslaught of 3-pointers with a three-point play in the closing seconds that gave the Runnin' Rebels an 89-88 win over the Horned Frogs in a Mountain West Conference quarterfinal Thursday night.